UNDERSTANDING ISI,SCOPUS,GOOGLE AND Q, FOR JOURNAL‘S INDEXES/ABSTRACTS MUSTAFA MAT DERIS FSKTM AT ORICC SEMINAR ROOM May 27, 2014 2.30 – 4.30

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. ISI, Scopus, Google, and Q 2.1. Indexes 2.2. Journal Selection Criteria 2.3 Premier Indexes 3. Examples 4. Q & A

INTRODUCTION In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of academic and scientific journals in publication (> 23,000), and many more have been published at various points in the past.

INTRODUCTION Journal ranking is widely used in academic circles in the evaluation of an academic journal’s impact and quality. Journal rankings are intended to reflect the place of a journal within its field, the relative difficulty of being published in that journal, and the prestige associated with it. They have been recently introduced as official research evaluation tools in some countries such as Norway, Australia and France. Usually, it is based on indexes/abstracts given by ISI, SCOPUS, DBLP, Google, etc.

What is ISI ISI is the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960.

ISI Serves ISI offered bibliographic database services and its specialty is on citation indexing and analysis. Covering thousands of academic journals, including a continuation of its longtime print-based indexing service the, Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). All of these are available via ISI's Web of Knowledge (part of web of Science) database service.

Other Abstracting and indexing The ISI Web of Knowledge suite encompasses the following databases: Biological Abstracts Biosis Citation Index Current Chemical Reactions Current Contents Connect Index Chemicus BIOSIS Citation Index Science Citation Index Expanded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISI_Web_of_Knowledge#Abstracting_and_indexing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Knowledge

ISI JOURNAL LISTS FOR SEARCHABLE DATABASES Arts & Humanities Citation Index®      (Web of Science) Biological Abstracts BIOSIS PREVIEWS Biological Abstracts/RRM Current Contents® / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences Current Contents® / Arts & Humanities Current Contents® / Clinical Medicine Current Contents® / Engineering, Computing & Technology Current Contents® / Life Sciences Current Contents® / Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences Current Contents® / Social & Behavioral Sciences Current Contents Collections / Business Collection Current Contents Collections / Electronics & Telecommunications Collection Science Citation Index® Science Citation Index Expanded™    (Web of Science) Social Sciences Citation Index®    (Web of Science) Zoological Record

ISI JOURNAL LISTS FOR SEARCHABLE DATABASES CHEMICAL INFORMATION PRODUCTS ChemPrep™ ISI Chemistry Reaction CenterSM       Current Chemical Reactions® Current Chemical Reactions® Database Index Chemicus® Reaction Citation Index™

Top Three Indexes Science Citation Index Expanded (Larger version of SCI) covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals Arts and Humanities Citation Index, which covers 1130 journals, beginning with 1975. Social Sciences Citation Index, which covers 1700 journals, beginning with 1956. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Citation_Index

Journal Selection Criteria (Information Science Institute, ISI). The evaluation process consists of evaluation of many criteria such as, Basic Journal Publishing Standards (including Timeliness of publication, adherence to International Editorial Conventions, English Language Bibliographic Information (including English article titles, keywords, author abstracts, and cited references.) ISI also examines the journal's Editorial Content, the International Diversity of it authors and editors. Citation Analysis using ISI data is applied to determine the journal's citation history and/or the citation history of its authors and editors.

Abstract/index Ordering Known citation in descending order (Engineering, Science & Technology) Science Citation Index (SCI, SCI Expanded) Current Contents (Engineering, Computing, Technology) CompuMaths Citation Index … (some ISI indexes) Scopus DBLP Bibliography, CompuSci Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Computer Abstracts UK, Mathematics Review USA Mathematics Abstracts Germany, Zentalbrat Maths INSPEC (Social Science) Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) (Arts and Humanities) Arts and Humanities Citation Index(AHCI)

Example http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/

http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=K

Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)

Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)

Journal Indexed by ISI-Thomson http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlsearch.cgi?PC=MASTER&Error=1

EXAMPLE

Cont….. The ISI also publishes the annual Journal Citation Reports which list an impact factor for each of the journals that it tracks. The ISI also publishes a list of highly cited researchers, one of the factors included in the Academic Ranking of World Universities

Impact Factor Definition Calculation for journal impact factor. The JCR provides quantitative tools for ranking, evaluating, categorizing, and comparing journals. The impact factor is one of these; it is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. The annual JCR impact factor is a ratio between citations and recent citable items published. Thus, the impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years. Calculation for journal impact factor. A= total cites in 1992 B= 1992 cites to articles published in 1990-91 (this is a subset of A) C= number of articles published in 1990-91 D= B/C = 1992 impact factor

List of Impact Factor Journal from JCR We cannot get the list of IF journal from JCR ( ISI-Thomson) directly. Alternatively, we can get it through the address below: http://www.bioxbio.com/if/html/

Abstracting/Indexing The papers published in Journal of Civil Engineering and Management are abstracted/indexed by: Advanced Polymers Abstracts; Aerospace & High Technology Database; Aluminium Industry Abstracts; Ceramic Abstracts; Civil Engineering Abstracts; COMPENDEX; Composite Industry Abstracts; Computer and Information Systems Abstracts; Copper Data Center Database; Corrosion Abstracts; EBSCOhost; Electronics and Communications Abstracts; Engineered Materials Abstracts;  GALE; ICONDA; IndexCopernicus; INSPEC; IRBdirect; Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition; Materials Business File; Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts; METADEX;  Science Citation Index Expanded TM ;  Scopus and VINITI Abstracts Journal. 2012 Impact Factor: 2.016 ISSN : 1392-3730

Abstracting and Indexing Architectural Periodicals Index COMPENDEX Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology Current Contents/SciSearch Database Current Technology Index International Building Services Abstracts Engineering Index FLUIDEX Fluid Abstracts: Civil Engineering Fluidex (online) GEOBASE Health and Safety Science Abstracts IBSEDEX Data Research Alert SSSA/CISA/ECA/ISMEC Science Citation Index CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts Scopus IF 2.430 ISSN: 0360-1323

Abstracting and Indexing America: History and Life  British Humanities Index  CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  Historical Abstracts, IBSS  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences  Periodicals Index Online (PIO)  PROQUEST DATABASE : Arts & Humanities Full Text  PROQUEST DATABASE : Magazines  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 International  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Central  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Discovery  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest International Academic Research Library  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Military Collection  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest News & Magazines  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Religion  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Research Library  Social Sciences Citation Index®  Sociological Abstracts  The Standard Periodical Directory

Abstracting and Indexing MathSci INSPEC PASCAL/INIST-CNRS SCISEARCH Science Citation Index Social SciSearch UnCover Zentralblatt MATH Inside Conferences Gale Group Trade & Industry Database Scopus IF 0.713 ISSN: 0378-3758

Abstracted in ISI (Science Citation Index®, SciSearch®, ISI Alerting Services, Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences) Scopus Inspec Aerospace and High Technology Database Chemical Abstracts Service Chimica Compendex Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database INIS (International Nuclear Information System) Mass Spectroscopy Bulletin   MathSciNet NASA Astrophysics Data System PASCAL Database PubMed VINITI Abstracts Journal (Referativnyi Zhurnal) IF 2.031

Abstracting and Indexing Australian Educational Index British Education Index Contents Pages in Education Current Contents Education Research Index Bibliography of Asian Studies Database of Research on International Education ERIC Education Technology Abstracts GEOBASE Research into Higher Education Abstracts Social Sciences Citation Index Special Education Needs Abstracts Educational Management Abstracts Multicultural Education Abstracts Sociology of Education Abstracts Technical Education & Training Abstracts ERA (Educational Research Abstracts Online) Scopus IF 1.000 ISSN: 0738-0593

Journal of Vocational Education and Training is abstracted/indexed in: ASSIA; Australian Research Council (ARC)  British Education Index ;  Contents Pages in Education ; Education Journal; Educational Administration Abstracts;  Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC ); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences); Research into Higher Education Abstracts and SCOPUS®  ISSN: 1363-6820

Abstracting/ Indexing Applied Mechanics Reviews BIOSIS Centre de Documentation Scientifique et Technique - PASCAL Database Chemical Abstracts Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology EMBASE Engineering Index GEOBASE ISMEC Bulletin Membrane Quarterly Physics Abstracts Polymer Contents Science Citation Index Science Research Abstracts Journal Scopus Solid State Abstracts IF 4.093

Absracting/ Indexing Aqualine (Infoline) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Chemical Abstracts Chemical Engineering Abstracts Current Contents Dokumentation Wasser Engineering Index Environmental Abstracts Environmental Periodicals Bibliography Health and Safety Science Abstracts ISMEC Bulletin Oceanic Abstracts Pollution Abstracts Science Citation Index Scopus Selected Water Resources Abstracts IF 3.041

Abstracting and Indexing Compendex Current Contents Engineering Index Monthly EI Compendex Plus Ei Engineering Energy Science and Technology Environmental Abstracts Fuel and Energy Abstracts GeoRef INSPEC OCLC Contents Alert PASCAL/CNRS Referativnyi Zhurnal VINTI-RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences) Web of Science SciSearch/Science Citation Index Expanded Scopus IF 3.432 ISSN: 0142-0615

Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Database (ProQuest) Business ASAP (GALE Cengage) Business Periodicals Index/Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Thomson Reuters) Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS) Emerald Management Reviews (Emerald) ERA: Educational Research Abstracts Online (T&F) Ergonomics Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) IBSS: INSPEC (IET) International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Thomson Reuters) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) Quality Control & Applied Statistics (Executive Sciences Institute) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Sciences Citation Index (Thomson Reuters) VINITI (All-Russian Institute of Science & Technological Information) Impact Factor: 3.799 ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 6/116 (Business); 12/174 (Management) Online ISSN: 0022-2380

IF 4.40 Abstracting and Indexing Cambridge Scientific Abstracts CompuMath Citation Index Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology Engineering Information, Inc Executive Sciences Institute INSPEC Information Access Company International Abstracts in Operations Research SciSearch/Science Citation Index Expanded IF 4.40 Mustafa Mat Deris

ISI PROCEEDINGS  ISI Proceedings is an index to the published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a wide range of disciplines from anthropology to zoology. It enables you to track emerging ideas and new research in specific fields before the material appears in journal literature.